Alert

A three-year-old boy is now dead after he was allegedly stabbed by his mother this afternoon at their Foulis, Enmore, East Coast Demerara home.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) today announced the official results for members of the Central Executive Committee of the Party following its 20th biennial congress.

Volda Lawrence was minutes after midnight today declared the new Chairman of the PNCR.

Aadilah Ali of Queen’s College has made it to the winner’s circle with passes in 15 units at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE).

The driver of motor car PDD 7182 which reportedly slammed into the rear of a parked lorry about 04:20h this morning on the La Grange Public Road, WBD, has died along with two of three occupants of the vehicle, the police said in a statement today.

(BBC) Trinidadian novelist Sir VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at his home in London aged 85, his family have said.

After a disastrous three-hour meeting today with government representatives, the executive of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has been directed by its members to inform the Department of Labour that teachers will be proceeding on strike action beginning in the pre-term period and continuing into at least the first week of the new school year.

In keeping with the new tobacco control bill, no smoking will be permitted at the Caribbean Premier League T20 games which begin here on Thursday at the Providence Stadium.

(Barbados Nation) Former Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss is in hot water in the United States.

A Corentyne woman who attempted to leave an abusive marriage was chopped to death by her husband today and he then killed himself.

The Alliance For Change today announced that it will be contesting the November 12th local government elections on its own following inconclusive talks with its governing coalition partner APNU.

Jason De Florimonte, age 30, a driver of Lot 96 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, Kitty was gunned down this morning at 1.45 after attacking his girlfriend at the Tourist Villa Hotel and Bar located at Lot 95 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Deonarine also known as Russian, 73, a farmer of Grant Maria’s Delight,lower Pomeroon River,which occurred about 6.30 pm yesterday by a masked male who is currently being sought.

Gregory Frank was found dead in his Kururu, Soesdyke home this morning.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications today said that cable TV company E-Networks has no licence for the laying and landing of a subsea cable system.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 10.15  last night on Bee Hive Public Road, ECD involving motor car PSS 9153 owned and driven by Satyanand Harripersaud, 37, (deceased), with occupant Varsha Khemraj 19; (deceased), both of 97 Cane Grove, ECD, and motor car PTT 5270 driven by a 24-year-old resident of Atlantic Garden, ECD. 

Five alleged bandits were in the wee hours of this morning killed by police in a shootout during a foiled robbery attempt at Pattensen, East Coast Demerara.

As had been expected, ExxonMobil today said it has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resources for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to more than 4 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

Local Government Elections (LGE) are to be held on November 12th.

The Guyana Association of Private Security Organizations (GAPSO) today condemned statements made by Crime Chief Paul Williams over an incident at the Massy parking lot involving Minister in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes and private security guards.